middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
orders; instructions; directive; command
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
appearance; air; mien; getup
looks; personal appearance; features
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
very; greatly; exceedingly
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
government official; public official
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
in that way; thus; so; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to lend an ear to; to listen to
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
government office; public office
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
steel tower; electricity pylon; transmission tower
to surround; to crowd around